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The Legends Behind the Comic Books

The Legends Behind the Comic Books

2007•56m•Documentary

This new documentary film recognizes the comic book as a true art form, as indigenous to American culture as jazz. It presents comic books as reflectors of a changing America from the 1930's to today, and it hails comic book superheroes as modern-day mythological figures. “THE LEGENDS BEHIND THE COMIC BOOKS” captures for posterity the living artists and writers from The Golden Age of Comic Books (1938-1951) and The Silver Age of Comic Books (1956-1973). Insightful comments are provided by the creative geniuses who were there at the beginning, including…

Chip Cronkite · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime56m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 15, 2007

Actors

Stan Lee

Stan Lee

Self

Andy Kubert

Andy Kubert

Self

Joe Kubert

Joe Kubert

Self

Adam Kubert

Adam Kubert

Self

Dick Giordano

Self

Greg Hildebrandt

Self

Dennis O'Neil

Dennis O'Neil

Self

John Romita Sr.

John Romita Sr.

Self

Joe Simon

Joe Simon

Self

Roy Thomas

Roy Thomas

Self

Michael Uslan

Michael Uslan

Self

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